St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-12
BERNHARDT AU NATUREL.
She makes a Semi-P ublic Appear
ance in the Costume of the
Greek Slave.

She makes a Semi-PublicA Appear
ance in the Costume of the
Greek Slave.
Omaha World.
Sarah Bernhardt's house at "Frou-
frou' Saturday evening was light, and
had she appeared anight later her aud
fence would have been much smaller,
because people of refined sensibilitieS
would have been shocked at what they
might have heard of her conduct. The
reprehenSlDle act consisted in a feat
like that of Lady GOdiva, who rode
through the streets without any apparel
TO conceal her form. Lady Godiva had
an excuse for her abuse of public mod
| eSty, but Bernhard had none.
In preparing for Camille" Saturday
afternoon the noted French actress de-
llberately raised the window and cur
taln OF her dressing room and arranged
ner toilet before the gaze of at least one
hundred men. The dressing room is in
the second story of the opera house, and
the window opens to the left on Fiji
teenth street. 1t required fully an hour
Tor the divine creature to put on the
tOggery of the noted character she was
to represent, and in all that time the
rays OF the sun ShOne clearly into the
room, making remote objects plainly
visible, while the coming image of
camille" appeared as a ''three-time
winner i'll various stages of develop
ment.
The heat was oppressive, and an alb
luton of the divinely tall and spirituelle
framework of Bernhardt was essential
to comfort. The Georgia colonel who is
content with apparel amounting to only
a paper collar and spur would have
been shocked at the abandon of
Sara, who was content to have no cover
ing but the window sill. In this cOnnec-
ton it may be said that the window-sill
is about three feet high. In one place
it was added to by the hat of Bern
hardtS maid bearing large white and
a large dOve-colored feather.
After the ablution, or whatever may
have inspired the imperSonatiOn of the
nude Ill art, Bernhardt appeared at her
mirror beside the window and in plain
view of the crowd belOw-where she de-
voted long time-it. was one of those
occasions when moments seem like
hOurS-tO powdering, penciling and
frizZing. Her artistic excellence led
her to forget herself in the character
she represented, and in dressing the
model to idolize Camille" she became
ObliviOus of gaze. Each effort was
holder than the other, until finally the
most realistic works of art had been
outdone.
For few moments Bernhardt retired
to a corner, evidently where she had de-
posted her apparel, and when she reap
peared she was partially attired in an
airy garment which was as decollette as
the raiment of pugilist in the ring.
She primped and powdered more, and
again retired. When she next appeared
she wore lace chemise of dscoIIete
texture. In it she poised long at the
window, retiring finally when the heav-
Ter articles of dress were to be donned.
The opera house people were not to
blame for the scandalOus conduct of the
actress. Her room had curtains, but
she raised them, and it had other Access
sOries, so arranged that no actress has
ever found it necessary to make SINH
lar display i'll attaining the dress of any
role. But Bernhardt was mad all the
time she was here, and consequently
tried to ''show herself Off"